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I’m Sticking With You
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Marty McSorley on his way to provincial court in Vancouver for his 2000 assault trial. Photo: Chuck Stoody/Associated Press
Kathleen Edwards. Photo: Victor Tavares.
Here’s a nifty little tidbit to get you in the mood for the events surrounding the 56th NHL All-Star Game, which takes place at Philips Arena on Sunday, Jan. 27.
Leave it to a hockey-loving Canadian to bring us a four-and-a-half minute celebration of a player who toiled in the shadow of a marquee, household-name star. This tribute comes courtesy of alt-country singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards.
Edwards has a new album, “Asking for Flowers,” coming in March, but you can hear some of the tracks online now. One of them, “I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory,” is about enforcer Marty McSorley. During his time with the Edmonton Oilers, McSorley was responsible for protecting hockey legend Wayne Gretzky on the ice. When the player they call “The Great One” was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, McSorley went with him.
McSorley later gained some infamy of his own. Eventually landing with the Boston Bruins, he was suspended and found guilty of assault in a Canadian court after hitting another player with his stick in the closing minutes of a Vancouver Canucks-Bruins game in 2000. It effectively brought an end to his NHL career, even though his suspension was eventually lifted.
Hear Edwards’ ode to the enforcer at her MySpace page.
And if you’re in the mood for more, check out her outstanding 2003 album “Failer,” which includes the tune “Hockey Skates.” That one isn’t really about hockey, though.
Update: Edwards’s publicist informs us that Edwards will be singing the Canadian national anthem at the beginning of the NHL All-Star Game on Sunday.
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